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Best gateway for editing digital video and exporting to DVD

post #1 of 18
2/12/05 at 2:46pm
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Hey guys i just did my first mini dv capture and editing in adobe premeire on my gateway m505x 1.4 ghz centrino.

The editing and rendering was fine... but it took nearly 5 hrs to export the files to DVD. Is it the program? my laptop?

Or is there a faster way to tranfer mini dv files to DVD? has anyone purchased those Mini DVD camcorders from hitachi or sony?

Thanks
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post #2 of 18
2/12/05 at 2:56pm
Did 5 hours include the burn time and how long was the file you were encoding? Encoding is no "quick" process, but 5 hours seems a bit excessive. I assume you have a 4200RPM hard drive. If that's the case, that is part of the speed problem. DV work is very HDD intensive.
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post #3 of 18
2/12/05 at 3:25pm
Also what programs where you using.. I have found some are worse than others.. When I take footage from my MiniDV cam to make on a dvd I use
WinDV(Transfer)>VirtualDub(Edit, filter, frameserve)>TMPGEnc encoder(encode)>TMPGEnc DVD Author(author and burn). Best part is that the first three programs are free and the DVD Author is around $70.

I have not had a chance to make a dvd on the new 7422 that I puchased on Thursday. When doing it before I was on my self made desktop.
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post #4 of 18
2/12/05 at 4:06pm
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I capture the video ( 60 mins to transfer data in realtime speed i suppose)from my canon zr 85 to adobe premeire pro 7.0 i do some basic transitions etc and render the work area. And Yes i have the slow stock 4200 RPM hd : (

Then i export it to DVD and says its "transcoding" takes around 5-7 hrs but includes burning to DVD. My dvd is only 2 x on my m505... is there a faster way to transfer mini dv files to DVD format? or is the mini DVD camcorders the way to go?

Thanks guys!
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post #5 of 18
2/12/05 at 4:08pm
Is that 5-7 hours for one 1 hour tape?
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post #6 of 18
2/12/05 at 4:09pm
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1 hr to capture the video (as it plays it captures the video) but when i export it to DVD it takes around 5-7 hrs and the DVD is burned and ready to play after this is all done... is it the centrino 1.4ghz haha do i need a faster p4 HT or athlon etc?
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post #7 of 18
2/12/05 at 4:12pm
If you are only encoding 1hr worth of video, 5-7 hours is very extreme for your hardware. The 1.4GHz Pentium-m should be encoding a lot faster than that, even with a 4200RPM hard drive.
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post #8 of 18
2/12/05 at 6:11pm
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am i doing something wrong? what other software do u recommend so i can transfer my mini dv tapes to DVD? thanks
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post #9 of 18
2/12/05 at 6:25pm
I don't think it is the software. I used Premier for a short period of time and never had any speed issues with it. The only reason I quit using it was it's inabilities to create menu layouts. I am not sure what it could be.
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post #10 of 18
2/12/05 at 6:29pm
try roxio media creator 7.0, it works great for me. As for the title of the post, which gateway?? I'd go with the 7422, 8x dvd burner, and 1 gig of ram! Best deal out there!

Brian
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post #11 of 18
2/12/05 at 6:32pm
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i think u use director or adobe encore for creating menus... is there a better software to transfer mini dv files to dvd?

it just takes long to export the files to DVD... the "transcoding" takes 5-7 hrs... (dvd is burned during this process too)
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post #12 of 18
2/12/05 at 6:40pm
For-all-in-one with user friendliness, you can't hardly beat Pinnacle Studio.
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post #13 of 18
2/12/05 at 9:34pm
Here's an Idea: I bought an external encoder that automatically converts the video to DVD compatible Mpeg. It's usb, and has the encoder built in (Real time and uses no CPU).
I find this to greatly benefit me in using my Toshiba with the P M 1.5 celeron for video transfers. The brand encoder I use is ADS, and I highly recommend it if you want to transfer a video source.
P.S. I've used almost every vid program out there. I prefer Ulead and Premiere- both are for advanced users for editing.
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post #14 of 18
2/12/05 at 10:03pm
5-7hours on a old p-m seems reasonable for an hour of dv footage (uncompressed 500lines)

HD is a big factor, but CPU is main problem. also the actual mpeg2 encoder can affect speed, but mainly its gonna be that cpu.

encoding at 4-5 frames a sec ....ouch

are u capturing at YUV2? make sure its NOT rgb24, thatll decrease the file size. and overall encoding time. so in the end. CPU speed is gonna be the main factor

<--sony vegas 5.0 user
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post #15 of 18
2/12/05 at 10:32pm
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Yeah the video and audio settings are high quality andnot compressed. I dont even think my centrino 1.4ghz is running at 1400 mhz... maybe 700hz. I will check next time. I am capturing the video with premeire... Whats transcoding? making the dv files to DVD files?
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post #16 of 18
2/13/05 at 11:17am
yes, its convertering uncompressed DV into mpeg2, also known as encoding. heh yea it might be a good idea to make sure youre running at full speed
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post #17 of 18
2/13/05 at 2:15pm
For encodind it would be a good ideea to buy an m675XL. Using 5400rpm, 1gb ram and a PENTIUM 4 processor should beat up the 7440gx, because p4s are better at encoding.
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post #18 of 18
2/13/05 at 4:27pm
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how do u make the processor run at 1400mhz with the ac plugged in? i thought the processor would change autmatically depending on applications i use.. can i change this in the bios? also what 1gb ram will fit on the gateway m505x? any sugguestions?
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